Mac is Best? I heard.
I heard a Mac is best for playing Sims 3, especially because of the 64-bit version. Is this true? I heard Newer Macs with Apple Silicon (M-series chips) and "Based on user experiences, the best M...
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DivinylsFan It's nice to know that AI is still significantly behind on some subjects. Of course, within the Mac category overall, the ARM models (M1 and newer) are much better than the older Intel models, but that's not difficult to figure out.
I do think extra cooling would be useful here, but you might also want to look for laptops with processors that kick off less heat in general. It's hard to make generalizations these days because some of the newest Intel and AMD CPUs are extremely efficient, but even slightly older ones are not, and the newest ones are not always available. The TDP is the CPU's maximum power, in watts, but that doesn't tell the whole story since the processor doesn't necessarily generate all that heat all the time. So check online reviews for the processor(s) alone and for the laptop(s) in question.
In terms of performance, any modern dedicated graphics card will be sufficient. For the processor, the useful benchmarks are single-core and dual-core performance; it doesn't matter how many cores you get (beyond four), only how fast they run. Check a few different sites since some are heavily biased towards one manufacturer or the other.
Exciting day ahead! I found my old computer, the one before the one that just died. I vaguely remember it was not broken down before I started using the new one, it was just that the new one was more powerful, and new. I may not need to buy a new one for a little while, and save my money a bit longer. And from what I've been hearing, it may be enough anyway, because of the 32 bit thing. Yes?
I can't remember the specs, but on the front of the tower case is a sticker that says intel, Windows 7. Ha! However I have a feeling it is probably already updated to Windows 8. I switched over from that one to my recently broken down one, in 2017. So I don't know if that is the year of mandatory updates to Windows 8, or higher.
I will find out today when I crank it up! I will keep it unplugged from the internet until I've fully checked it out, otherwise it will probably force a Windows operating system update eh. I have a feeling that one might not have had the thing in it that automatically connects to a wifi, hopefully not. I have plenty of ethernet cables and a few wall sockets to connect it manually when I'm ready.
Wish me luck!
I should be studying but I need a break :(
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